Barack Obama said on Twitter that he had tested positive for the Covid-19. Barack Obama also revealed that his wife and former first lady Michelle Obama had tested negative for Covid-19. “I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise," Obama said on Twitter. “Michelle and I are grateful to be vaccinated and boosted." "I just tested positive for COVID.
I've had a scratchy throat for a couple of days, but am feeling fine otherwise. Michelle and I are grateful to be vaccinated and boosted, and she has tested negative.
It's a reminder to get vaccinated if you haven't already, even as cases go down," he tweeted. The former president encouraged more Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, despite the declining infection rate in the US.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that 75.2% of U.S. adults are fully vaccinated and 47.7% of the fully vaccinated have received a booster shot.